by Anna Gilchrist Sant’Erasmo is one of those places that is known by few but known very well by those few. Just a stone’s throw away from the well-known Calli and Campos of Venice’s bustling center (click here for Vaporetto information). However, it remains relatively untrodden because despite being an integral part of the history of Venice and its inhabitants, the Islands can be an...

Dear Friends, we are glad to announce that we are taking reservations for our upcoming events in: Venice (Friday, September 4th) and Verona (Friday, September 25th). In collaboration with our dear friend Sun (aka Needle&Cooker) we are going to host a series of supper club dinners in a private, stunning Palazzo in the heart of Venice and a we have been lucky enough to...

Dear friends, Now it’s official: we moved from Berlin to …Venice, Italy! During the upcoming months, here we’ll be doing a lot of food and art projects, as private chefs and also as curators and co-founders of a new, exciting cultural adventure called “bocchediporto“. With bocchediporto we are planning a series of underground dinners hosted in the most fascinating places (sometimes hidden and not...

“Coming Home”; a cooking installation and performance that took place last 27th of October at BOX Freiraum in Berlin, that we made for “homecomings, etc 2“, curated by Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch and Annabelle von Girsenwald. Our own table and lamp as installation, while serving “Pasta e Fagioli”, a traditional dish of our region, Veneto.

It’s “Radicchio season”, but more especially it’s the time of the year when you can enjoy one of the most interesting and tasty vegetables of our region, Veneto: we are talking about Radicchio di Treviso “tardivo”. This amazing vegetable was created in the 19th Century by a Belgian agronomist, Van Den Borre. The tecnique to obtain the look of the Tardivo is called Imbianchimento...

It’s nice to be back..and to get these amazing fresh seasonal ingredients that only in some areas of Italy you can find and enjoy. This particular kind of “Broccoli”, for instance, is a very special type of broccoli that you can find only in Vicenza: they grow on the hills of a small town called Creazzo. Goethe, when was here during his Italian journey...

This is our version of the classic roasted beets and roots with apple and chili. For 4 Servings Carrots, Beets, Potatoes, Onions, Sweet potatoes, Apples Chili Rosmary Balsamic vinegar olive oil, salt & pepper Preheat the oven to 220° Cleanse and cut vegetables, in slices or sticks put them on the baking tray with some salt, pepper, chili and rosmary. Drizzle with olive oil...

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by Anna Gilchrist Sant’Erasmo is one of those places that is known by few but known very well by those few. Just a stone’s throw away from the well-known Calli and Campos of Venice’s bustling center (click here for Vaporetto information). However, it remains relatively untrodden because despite being an integral part of the history of Venice and its inhabitants, the Islands can be an intimidating prospect without the knowledge of what to expect. That is what we went to discover. With the confident eyes of Tiberio we learnt about the hundreds of vegetables and plants that naturally thrive in the unique environment of the Lagoon and are currently under appreciated. As we walked amongst the towering herbs and uncut flowers the inspiration for recipes was palpable and it is unbelievable to think that they still remain such a mystery to most of us. From just the one afternoon that we were lucky enough to spend cycling around, we encountered countless characters, all with their own role and stories about the Island. Unfortunately when we...